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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Ohmura, Inagi, JP;
Shizuo Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Keizo Isemura, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshinobu Aiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358500 ; 358530 ;
Abstract
An image processing method, and corresponding apparatus, includes the steps of discriminating the color type of an input color image from an input color image signal, generating a pattern signal indicating a predetermined graphic pattern corresponding to the color type in response to the color discrimination, generating a density signal in accord with the input color image signal, and supplying a reproduction signal in accord with the pattern signal and the density signal to an image reproduction unit.